Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-09/Features and admins

Administrators
Three editors were granted admin status via the Requests for Adminship process this week: Mufka (nom), Admiral Norton (nom) and Valley2city (nom).

Bots
Twelve bots or bot tasks were approved to begin operating this week: Erik9bot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request), DustyBot (task request), SoxBot (task request), Polbot (task request), DumZiBoT (task request), Addbot (task request), AfDStatBot (task request), BHGbot (task request), SPCUClerkbot (task request), AnomieBOT (task request) and Erik9bot (task request).

Featured pages
Eleven articles were promoted to featured status this week:, , , , , , , , , and.

Seventeen lists were promoted to featured status this week:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

One topic was promoted to featured status this week:.

No portals were promoted to featured status this week.

The following featured articles were displayed on the Main Page this week as Today's featured article: Vithoba, Hurricane Linda, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Saxbe fix, Luc Bourdon, Harriet Tubman and Greece Runestones.

Former featured pages
One article was delisted this week:.

No lists or topics were delisted this week.

Featured media
The following featured pictures were displayed on the Main Page this week as picture of the day: Palais Garnier, Rhône Glacier, Panorama of Mikumi National Park, Duck and Cover, Woodblock print in the Ukiyo-e style, Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008 and Swamp milkweed.

No media files were featured this week.

No featured pictures were demoted this week.

Twenty-one pictures were promoted to featured status this week and are shown below.